Display device.



m. NATHAN.

DISPLAY DEVICE,

APPLlCATiON FILED MAY 2 1. 19x5.

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DISPLAY DEVICE.

Application filed May 24, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX NATHAN, citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a display dc: vice and is particularly adapted to display, faceted or carbuneled stones, buttons, spherical objects or various articles that can be held in place by the device. The organization of the invention comprises a foot that has flexibly extending therefrom a pair of arms with one or a plurality of hook ends or grooved ends. A throat is formed with each arm which is engaged by a holder of cardboard or the like. The function of the holder is to prevent the undue spreading of the arms and to maintain them in a locked position with the article or object held by the device. 7

" Referring to the drawings Figure 1 represents an elevation of the invention with a precious stone and a partial section as on the line 1, 1 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 shows a top plan view of the invention; Fig. 3 shows a side view of the invention; Fig. 4 shows a side view of a modification of the invention; Fig. 5 shows an elevation of a further modification of the invention holding a spherical object and a partial section of Fig. 7 on the line 5, 5; Fig. 6 is a side view of the device as shown in Fig. 5; and Fig. 7 repre sents a top plan view of the modification shown in Fig. 5.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the foot of the device constituting the preferredform of the invention is indicated at 20. Arms 21 each with the throat 22, bifurcated at 23 form the pairs of hook ends 24 and extend from said foot 20. A stone 25 is held in position by means of the hook ends 24. A

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1919.

Serial No. 99,507.

holder is indicated at 30 and is made of cardboard or other suitable material, and has an opening 31 which engages the throats 22 of the arms 21. The holder 30 extends beyond the foot 20 of the device on all sides thereof and prevents its tipping.

The foot 20 and its arms are preferably made of a flexible metal but may be made of celluloid or other suitable material.

In Fig. 4 the invention is shown with the foot 40, arms 41 similar respectively to 20 and 21. The arms have extending therefrom three hook ends 44 similar to 24. In Figs. 5, 6 and 7 the foot is indicated at 50 with the arms 51 each having the throat 52 and the hook ends 54. The holder 60 similar to holder 30 is shown. A spherical object 62 is clamped in position in this form of the device. The invention may be used without the holders indicated at 30 and 60.

To use the invention the stone 25 or sphere 62 are located in place by forcing the stone in a direction parallel to the arrow B in Fig. 3 under the hook ends 24, or in a direction parallel to the arrow D in Fig. 6 under the hook ends 54.

Having described my invention what I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim is:

In a device of the character described the combination of a foot, a pair of flexible arms extending from the foot, each arm having a throat formed therewith, a pair of hook ends for each arm and a holder engaging said throats extending beyond said foot on all sides thereof and preventing the device tippin Signed at t e borough of Manhattan in the county of New York and State of New York this 11th day of May A. D. 1916.

MAX NATHAN.

Witnesses:

A. A. on BONNEVILLE, A. W. BAKER.

Washington, D. G. 

